Sentence examples for practising conversation from inspiring English sources

We are practising conversation now, which sort of makes me feel a little like a morbidly virginal pick-up artist practising his first ever neg, alone and in a fedora, in a popular bar on a Saturday night, i.e. pathologically unvarnished and unready for human interaction.

Ideas include singing Old MacDonald and tongue-twisters in German, practising conversations on "telephones" made from yoghurt pots and playing German party games.

The therapy was also distinctive in that it included two sessions (7 and 8) during which the dyad held "practise" conversations and received feedback from the SLT on strategy use, both as the practise conversation was happening (online coaching) and after it ended (this included watching it back on video).

If need be write out or practise a conversation before sending or talking.

This reinforces the idea that the main motivation for using test questions in these data is to scaffold the person with aphasia in joining in with a new topic of conversation, rather than practising saying words in an attempt to improve language skills.

This is, admittedly, Conversation 101, but even practising it in a soft-walled environment, it's quite hard to stay totally on it with the open-ended stuff.

In another game, participants practise various possible conversations between a mother and daughter using a scenario in which the mother has learned from a neighbour that her daughter was walking with a boy.

Simply practise having general conversations with them, even about the weather.

He's drinking water and practising his scales, using an old Skype conversation with his vocal coach.

I found a shady spot beyond the fray to consult my guidebook, where a local called Carlos invited me to join him in conversation to practise his English.

Foreign visitors are still rare enough that shared taxis are a great way to meet local people; many Palestinians speak at least some English and are very happy to practise on you – a conversation that often ends in an invitation for sweet Arabic tea or a set of helpful phone numbers.